SAN JOSE — A Sharks team that brought the NHL’s best record into the playoffs began trying to fix things Friday so it doesn’t dig an even deeper hole in the road to the Stanley Cup.

And one of the big questions after San Jose’s 2-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks in their playoff series opener Thursday night — Is it too soon to consider lineup changes? — got a to-the-point answer.

“No, I don’t think it is,” said Sharks coach Todd McLellan. “I really believe you have to earn the opportunity to play again. It’s just like the regular season.”

Beyond that, Friday was a day for regrouping as the Sharks hoped to do a better job of preparing themselves before Game 2 of the series Sunday at HP Pavilion.

For McLellan, that meant convincing his players they need to find their way to the front of the Anaheim net to generate offense, and getting his 0-for-6 power play back on track.

For defenseman Dan Boyle, that meant spending the early morning hours at home watching a digital recording of the game on TV, checking out his shifts to see what he could have done better.

And for 39-year-old Jeremy Roenick and 22-year-old Devin Setoguchi, it meant a heart-to-heart conversation just inside the blue line during the morning skate — a visible sign of what the Sharks were thinking when they brought in veterans such as Roenick and Rob Blake to work with their younger players.

“It’s very important as a young kid that you know that you have support from your teammates,” Roenick said. “When things don’t go your way and things seem to be getting tougher and tougher, you need some of your buddies to step in and calm you down a little bit.”

Skating on a line with center Joe Thornton and left wing Patrick Marleau, Setoguchi did lead all Sharks forward with five shots on net. But Roenick said Setoguchi was starting to show his frustration over the fact nothing went in.

Setoguchi said Roenick was “just trying to keep my head up, make sure I’m smiling and having fun. I’m a young guy. I don’t have much playoff experience. He’s lending a hand.”

Boyle, who was acquired during the offseason in part because of his role in Tampa Bay’s 2006 Stanley Cup championship, said he was simply going to try to lead by example at this point.

“It’s too early for me to start giving the big speeches,” Boyle said.

After going home and reviewing his own play, Boyle took much of the responsibility for the fact the Sharks power play had a difficult time bringing the puck into the offensive zone.

“A lot of times,” he said, “Anaheim determines where the puck is going to go. We’re on the power play. We need to determine where we want the puck, whose hands we want it in and what we want to do with it.”

The power play was one McLellan’s many concerns. Faceoffs were another. So was his assessment that four or five of his players were “missing in action.”

The rookie coach said he was reconsidering his decision to pit his top forwards against Anaheim’s, saying that while Thornton’s line did a good job defensively on Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf’s, it did limit San Jose on offense.

McLellan placed a lot of importance on getting players out of their comfort zones and the need to create traffic in front of Anaheim goalie Jonas Hiller.

“The commitment level has to be pushed,” McLellan said. “You can’t be comfortable. You’ve got to push it all the time. Were we prepared to go there? We were. Did we do a good job? Not good enough.”